Children ill after 'legal highs'

Two youths and two children have been taken to hospital after taking so-called "legal high" pills.

Two types of tablets were taken by the four young people, police said. One was inscribed with a dove motif and the other was called a "spaced head".

Inspector Tom Makins from Guernsey Police said although the tablets were described as legal, it did not necessarily mean they were safe.

The four children are not believed to have any life-threatening conditions.

Medical effects

They were admitted to hospital after taking the pills at the weekend.

The Drug Concern group said parents or relatives concerned about anyone they believed to be abusing legal highs should contact it.

Insp Makins said: "Because they are called legal it does not mean that they can be taken without having an adverse medical effect on the person taking them.

"It's the same with alcohol. If it or other legal substances are abused, it can have adverse effects."